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5 dead in crash near Pahala

Published On: Jan 23 2013 10:57:00 AM HST

PAHALA, Hawaii -

Big Island police say Highway 11 was reopened at around 4 p.m. at the 54-mile marker near Pahala Wednesday after a deadly vehicle crash.

Police say three men and one woman died at the scene. A boy was found in the back seat of the white Nissan Altima unrestrained and unresponsive. The child was transported to Kona Community Hospital where he later died.

Police say two men and a child were in the Nissan and a man and a woman were in the Ford F-350.

Fire crews were called at 10:17 a.m. Wednesday to Highway 11 near the Punaluu Stream bridge.

Investigators say that the Nissan was traveling south at the bridge when it swerved to the left, crossed the center line and crashed head-on into the Ford truck. The truck overturned and caught fire.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

This was the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh traffic fatalities on the Big Island so far this year compared with none at this same time last year.

PHOTOS: Fatal Pahala crash

PHOTOS: Fatal Pahala crash

Fire officials say five people died in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 11 near Pahala Wednesday.

Fire crews were called at 10:17 a.m. They say a white Nissan Altima hit a Ford F-350 truck head-on. A child was found in the back seat of the Altima unrestrained and unresponsive. The child was taken to Kona Community Hospital where he died.

The Ford F-350 was engulfed in flames when fire crews arrived. Three men and one woman died in the crash.

Emergency responders at the scene says a man and a woman were in the Ford truck and two men were in the Altima with the child.

Fire officials say the Ford truck was in the Hilo-bound lane and the Altima was in the Kona-bound lane. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

This was the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh traffic fatalities on the Big Island so far this year compared with none at this same time last year.

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